Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08
A STERN STRUGGLE.
The Convention dominates Ed f.
Warren for City Attorney on
the Forty.Seyenth Ballot.
The Strong Men Get Left-A Candidate
Chosen Whom Nobody Thought
Would Win.


rary chairman. Mr.. j. c. Boyd
YVES elected temporary secretary and
Stewart Harrison assistant. Colonel
A. j. Chambers moved that q committee Of
two from each ward be appointed on Gre
dentiais and permanent organization,
which was amended by Judge Hun phreys
to include arranging an order OF business.
The chair appointed on the committee
Messrs. Geo. Jackson, p. NJ. Willing, l..
C. Ross, W. L. Mitchell, John Leneri, w.
II. Kleinsworth, \. C. Brooks and D. W.
Humphreys.
After the committee retired Colonel
Chambers rose and urged the appointment
of an executive committee of six from
each ward in order to secure oIganiza-
ton of the city Democracy, stating that
his ward had already done this, aud he
thought it good time for the others to
do SO, the whole to constitute central
committee. The plan met with no oppo-
sitiOn and the committees were chosen
by their various wards.
Loud calls were made for Colonel X. NJ.
Wynn, who responded by saying that he
supposed the convention simply wanted
to be entertained while the committee on
credentials was preparing its report. He
was glad to see from the large gathering
and the interest displayed that Democra-
cy wasn't dead in the city. He mad par
tiCipated in many conventions, and re-
garded the convention system as the best
one that had ever been devised. 1t would
result in giving good city government.
Harmony should prevail, and all express
sions of soreness over defeat avoided.
Somebody had to be defeated. Let every
Democrat stand by the ticket. There
had been hard struggle between the
Democracy and the advocates of the
peoples ticket, but that fight was in
the past. During its progress some
good Democrats had been alienated; let
them be won back, and again entering the
Democratic fold march once more under
its banners. Colonel Wynn's speech
elected great applause. When ne finished
loud calls were made for Numerous other
gentlemen.
AN HOUR OF FUN.
The convention having nothing on its
hands in the interim, passed the time in
strenuous but vain efforts to get
somebody to make speech, without
reference to age, standing or previous
oratorical reputation. Colonies Smith,
Chambers, Carter, Young and Mozart
withstood the noisy calls. Neither could
Messrs. John GinocChio, Gus Rintleman,
Granville II. Martin, Charlie Hide, Jim
Roberts, lin Maddox and other we'll
known citizens, be prevailed upon to
talk. All the calls Were vain. No orator
would stand forth.
THE GAZETTE man employed his leisure
time in looking over the personnel of the
delegations. On the whole they consti-
tuted a fine looking body CT men, fairly
representative of the property, intelli-
gence and public spirit of the town. On
Chairman Meetings. right, where the
petit juries sit, were seated the twenty
five delegates from the First ward. They
looked earnest and business like, present.
ing q kind of solid front as if they
were all pretty much of one mind.
In front of the chairman were the Second
ward men, twenty in number, dignifed
looking group of some Of the most
substantial citizens of the town. Be
tween them and the first named was the
contingent from the Third ward, the most
youthful lot of all, led by that veteran
Democrat, Colonel Chambers, who seemed
their recognized leader and spokesman.
On the chairman'S left was theFOurth ward
delegation, sixteen al told, quiet party
who looked as if they had come on bust
ness of Importance, and meant to give it
their whole attention.
THE FIRST SKIRMISH.
AT about O'Clock the committee ap-
pesred and was greeted with cheers
Secretary Boyd proceeded to read
the report amid profound 81
lence. The same officers chosen
temporarily were recommended as
permanent officers. The delegates
present were all found to be properly en-
titled to their places. The order of bust
ness recommended was: The nomination
of city attorney, marshal, secretary, as
SCISSOR and collector, engineer, and treas
urer, in the order named. The last clause
Of the report recommended that
the candidates be nominated by ma lori
ty vote, at which good many
gentlemen were seen to exchange startled
gIances. They looked relieved, however,
when minority report signed by L. G.
and w. L. Mitchell was read. 1t dissented
from the above by advocating the
of the two-thirds rule. It's
reading was the signal for loud cheers.
Colonel j. p. Smith moved
to adopt the minority report
The two thirds rule, he
said, was in accordance with Democratic
ussges ana Was practIced in ell national
and state conventions. All good had
come by adhering to party precedents;
the other way might result in evil. He
hoped TO see no man foisted on the peo-
pie who could not poll two-thirds of the
strength. Cheers Colonel
Chambers moved to adopt the report ex.
cept that part recommending the majority
rule.
Colonel Smith renewed his motion to
adopt the two-third rule. Colonel McCayt
moved to substitute the majority plan,
and defended it in his usual forcible style,
but it was evident that the sentiment of
the house was against him. Judge
Humphreys then made strong and con-
yincing argument in favor of the two
thirds rule, in which ne said that wher-
ever fraud had been practiced, or there was
even 8 semblance of fraud, it was duty
the convention owed the people to adopt
q rule that would do away with such sus-
picions. Ii had been charged that in the
election of delegates to the convention
tissue ballots had been used in one of the
wards. He did not charge fraud upon
any one, but the convention should act
with clean hands, and the two-thirds rule